Kittur Rising
| Gwalior Campaign | |
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| 1824 | |
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| Location: Kittur | |
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| British Field Force | Gwalior State forces |
| Result: British control of Kittur District | |
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Summary
Mallasarja Desai (ruler) of Kittur, a small district near Dharwar, and his wife Rani Chennamma had a son Shivalingarudra Sarja without children who adopted a male relative, Shivalingappa. When Shivalingarudra died in 1824 the British did not recognise the succesion of his adopted son and invoked the doctrine of lapse.His widow, Rani Chennamma,
